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Annual Report 2014Outward Bound® Hong Kong

OUTWARD BOUND® HONG KONG ANNUAL REPORT 20142


Outward Bound® is a non-profit making organization created to help people discover and develop their potential to care for themselves, others and the world around them through challenging experiences in unfamiliar settings.

Mission


27,024Participant D

ays

Outward Bound®……• is open to all without regard to race,

social class, occupation, gender or

nationality

• uses direct dramatic experiences in

new and unfamiliar surroundings

• demands adaptability, self-discipline,

resourcefulness and perseverance in

the face of challenge and uncertainty

• provides personal development

through the challenge of the sea

and other natural elements

• fastens the ideas and practices of

active participation in the setting

of a supportive community

• encourages participants to co-operate

with others, give service to and to

accept responsibility for others

• stimulates imagination and a sense

of adventure, as well as fasting true

appreciation and concern for the

environment

• places emphasis on practical work

in smal l groups with adequate

time for reflection, discussion and

critical appraisal

Outward Bound® Graduates……• are more sel f-rel iant and sel f-

motivated

• demonstrate stronger leadership

skills

• possess deeper mental reserves

• are stronger emotionally

and psychologically

• work better and are more responsible

within groups

• return to their homes and work places

recharged with new confidence and

energy

Outward Bound®

Hong KongAs a registered charity, Outward Bound®

Hong Kong utilises fundraising events

to maintain high-quality equipment

and programmes and provide financial

a i d to ne e d y i nd i v idu a l s . You r

contribution in the form of donations,

sponsorship, voluntary services and

direct participation in our fundraising

activities will support the ongoing

work of Outward Bound® to provide

training courses for Hong Kong people

that in turn will equip them to make

contributions back to our community.

OUTWARD BOUND® HONG KONG ANNUAL REPORT 2014 OUTWARD BOUND® HONG KONG ANNUAL REPORT 20144

In 2014, the following community service organizations, special schools and groups were

enrolled as beneficiaries of Outward Bound® training courses with your financial support:

BeneficiariesCaritas Pelletier School

CCC Kung Lee College

CCC Mongkok Church Kai Oi School

Children’s Cancer Foundation

Christian Zheng Sheng Association

Correctional Services Department – Phoenix House

Delia Memorial School (Matteo Ricci)

HKSYCIA Wong Tai Shan Memorial College

Hong Kong Association for Specific Learning Disabilities

Hong Kong Christian Service – Shamshuipo Ease Happy Teens Club

Operation Dawn - Dawn Island Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Centre

Operation Dawn (Girl Centre)

Salesians of Don Bosco Ng Siu Mui Secondary School

Society of Boys’ Centres Chak Yan Centre School

The Boys' & Girls' Clubs Association of Hong Kong (Tai Po)

The Salvation Army Chai Wan Integrated Service for Young People

The Society for the Aid and Rehabilitation of Drug Abusers

TWGHs C Y Ma Memorial College


Outward Bound® Trust of Hong KongThe Trust Officers

Hon President

The Hon Sir David Akers-Jones, KBE CMG JP*

President

John Strickland, GBS JP*

Vice President

Winston Y L Lo

Executive Committee Chairman

Roy Chung, BBS JP*

Deputy Chairman

David Kong*

Treasurer

Alan Morgan* (Horace Chau – Resigned in Aug 2014)

Executive Director & Hon Secretary

Jon D’Almeida*

Hon Legal Advisor

Robert Clark*

Hon Auditor

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Trust Members

Bernard Auyang

Bernard Pouliot

C Roger Moss, OBE

C C Tung

Chien Lee

Chris Hanselman

Christopher Pooley*

Cowen Chiu*

Craig Chapman

David Ho

Duncan M Telfer

Frank Slevin

Gaston Chan

Helmuth Hennig*

James Chen

James E Thompson

Jonathan McKinley

Joseph Lam

Joseph Tse

K K Chan, BBS JP

Karl Kwok

Keith Kerr

Li Yun Tai

Martin Cubbon

Maximilian Ma, MBE

Michael D Cartland, OBE

Michael Sze

Nelson Y Y Tai

Peter Clarke*

Peter Nixon

Rachel Cartland, JP

Richard Winter*

Ronnie Wong Man Chiu, JP

Sarah Borwein*

Stephen Tan

Sunny Chai*

Teresa Ko*

The Hon Howard Young, JP*

Vincent Duhamel

* Member of 2014 Executive Committee

Members of 2014 Sub-Committees

Safety Committee

Christopher Pooley (Chairman)

Barry Smith

Cameron Ferguson

John Shanahan

Li Yun Tai

Nick Cotton

Ruy Barretto S C

Sarah Borwein

Adventure Race Committee

Richard Winter (Chairman)

Helmuth Hennig

Jon D’Almeida

Peter Clarke

Corporate Challenge Committee

Sunny N. Chai (Chairman)

Roy Chung (Honorary Chairman)

Andrew Yao

Bobby Liu

Charity Lau

Clara Chan

Clara Liu

Clarence Cheung

Joe Pau

Johnny Yeung

Jon D’Almeida

Measure Hung

Michael Tung

Rebecca Lee

Rudy Chau

Samson Chan

Wendy Yeung

Donors Patrons (Donations of

HK$50,000 or More)

Lee Hysan Foundation

Providence Foundation

Swire Group Charitable Trust – Cannon Trustees

The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust

Contributor (Donations of

HK$10,000 or More)

Correctional Services Department Sports Association


The 2014 income was HK$27,485,763 with a total

of 27,024 participant programme days for 5,662

participants which was a 4.46% increase from the 2013

income of HK$26,311,864.

Operations


Participants in 2013 Participants in 2014

Education Sector 3,955 participants = 66% 3,461participants = 61%

Public Sector 821 participants = 13% 637 participants = 11%

Community Sector 292 participants = 5% 284 participants = 5%

Corporate Sector 949 participants = 16% 1,280 participants = 23%

Total: 6,017 participants = 100% 5,662 participants = 100%


Training School

Outward Bound® Hong Kong Staff


Operations• Total Number of Training School Days delivered:

373 days

- Romeo, Sierra, Tango & Uniform Training

School: 197 days

- Short Term Staff Training: 39 days

- RPL Staff Training: 99 days

- Staff Development Day Internal Training:

38 days

i. Instructor judgment Training

ii. Zone 2 & Zone 1 Sea Kayak Expedition

Training

iii. Ketch & Spirit Competent Crew Training

iV. Ropes Technician

V. Facilitation 2

Vi. Population Specific Training (OB Pro &

Youth At Risk)

• Total Number of Refresher Days delivered: 6

days

• External Training delivered at Tai Mong Tsai:

Wilderness Advanced First Aid (WAFA)

• Romeo Training School completed – 2 Graduated

• Sierra Training School completed – 1 Graduated

• Tango Training School completed – 6 Graduated

• Uniform Training School completed – 2 Graduated

• Victor Training School recruitment begun

Human Resources and Promotions:• Berman YOUNG was promoted as Spirit Skipper

in January 2014

• David MUIR was employed as OB Pro Business

Development Manager in January 2014

• Daniel WEBB was employed as Training Instructor

in March 2014

• Anton TSANG completed contract in December

2014

• All staff are on track with the career pathway

training requirements for promotion


Staffing

Support Staff 17%

Project Trust 1%

Office Staff 19%

Senior Staff 16%

Operation Staff 47%

Staff Roles Numbers %

Senior Staff 14 16%

Office Staff 16 19%

Operation Staff 40 47%

Support Staff 15 17%

Project Trust 1 1%

Total: 86 100%

Numbers %

Female Staff 33 38%

Male Staff 53 62%

Total: 86 100%

Numbers %

Local Staff 58 67%

Expatriates 28 33%

Total: 86 100%

2014 was another very successful year for staff with

the team going from strength to strength in both

technical skills and facilitation skills. The staffing

team has also positively grown in culture and has

expanded with extremely experienced individuals

joining us from Sweden, Phil ippines, England,

Scotland, South Africa, Ireland, Bulgaria, Slovakia

and USA. OBHK are very proud of the unique

staffing team that consistently runs high impact

developmental courses for the people of HK and

China.

When not working hard, individual staff members

push their own personal level of adventure. These

included an expedition on Mt. Denali; 2 members

of staff participating in an 18 day NOLS Alaska

Mountaineering Course, and, 3 members of staff

cycling around Taiwan.

OBHK continued its positive relationship with

Project Trust, an Educat iona l Char it y which

specialises in sending school leavers overseas for 12

months volunteering from the UK. The volunteers

work with a l l depar tments ga in ing va luable

experiences. They fully submerge themselves in the

culture and the ethos of OBHK.


Staff Awards The staff awards for 2014 were as follows:

Chairman’s Award

Operation OfficerOneal Ko

Innovator’s Award

Marketing Officer

Cecilia LeongPresident’s List

Fundraising ManagerDilys Liu

Adventurer of the Year Award

Community Projects Officer, Ketch Skipper, Programme CoordinatorTommy Yuen, Ivan Lo, Bacon Chan

Emerging Leaders Award

Instructor

Wylie Hui


There were four

fundraising events in

2014.Adventure Race

Pedal Power

Multi Race

Corporate Challenge

The Adventure Race was held

on the 9th March (Sun) and chaired

by Mr Richard Winter. This raises

funds for courses and equipment

to provide an occasion to engage

one’s wil l and physical strength,

to develop team spirit, leadership

through various challenges. With

the best ever record of 125 teams

entered, $1,177,100 was raised.

On the 12th April (Sat), OBHK and

the Listing Committee of the Hong

Kong Stock Exchange held thei r

Pedal Power fundraising event

for the fourth consecutive year. 47

participants cycled through the 18

km main route or the 30 km “elite”

route along the Tolo Harbour, and

raising an impressive $1,010,970 in

donations to allow specially-selected

students from local secondary schools

to participate in Outward Bound®

leadership courses designed to help

them develop confidence and reach

their full potential.

Fundraising Events


Following the success of the previous

events, the third Multi Race was

held on the 28th September (Sun)

with a 12.4 km course in Sai Kung

and finishing at Outward Bound’s

Tai Mong Tsai base. The event was

attended by 88 teams and brought a

total income of $177,260.

Enter ing its 29th anniversary, the

C o r p o r a t e C h a l l e n g e

event ever was held at the Chinese

Universit y of Hong Kong on the

28 t h December (Su n) u nder the

chairmanship of Dr Sunny Chai. The

event saw a record of 52 teams and

generated $1,126,573 gross income.


The Private Recreational Lease (PRL) of the Tai Mong Tsai Base has been granted from the Hong Kong SAR Government until 2027.

The Wong Wan Chau Base is currently preparing for a renovation plan. This plan will double the capacity of the Wong Wan Chau operational area and usage of the facilities will be able to meet the needs of Journey Based programmes.

Two new sets of equipment cages were established in the Ah Kung Wan Training Centre, exclusively for OB Pro programmes. This new arrangement will improve the professional image and quality of service to OB Pro courses.

Such works at the above Wong Wan Chau Base and Ah Kung Wan Training Centre would not be possible without the continued support of The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust for which Outward Bound® Hong Kong extends enormous gratitude for to this given day.

In 2014, Outward Bound® Hong Kong continuously developed the Sea Journey courses with more sea kayak equipment and facilities purchased accordingly. A new emergency response craft, the Tornado (a 5.8m RIB with 90hp outboard engine), was put in service for the purpose of faster deployment and evacuation in rougher sea conditions, compared to our previous fleet of small vessels.

Jockey Club Ah Kung Wan Outward Bound Training Centre

Tai Mong Tsai Base Wong Wan Chau Base

‘Spirit of Outward Bound Hong Kong’ ‘Spirit of Outward Bound Hong Kong’ (from here henceforth known as ‘Spirit’), is only one of a few remaining “legendary” Challenge 67 yachts in the world.

‘Spirit’ took part in the first 1992-93 and subsequent 1996-97 BT Global Challenge; arguably the most difficult round-the-world yacht race to date spanning over 10 months each to complete and clocking close to 30,000 nautical miles each time. ‘Spirit’ was brought into service at OBHK in June 2004.

An incredibly busy yet successful 2014 saw 180 participants come on-board ‘Spirit’ over a collective total of 200 days out on the water. Upgrades to the running rigging has boosted a tremendous increase in safety of the participants and the performance of the ship itself.

To date, ‘Spirit’ is still the largest training yacht in Hong Kong and the only vessel to engage in ‘sail training’ within and out of our local waters.

Boasting a capability to house 16 persons (inclusive of the 4 professional crew) on-board during any course, participants are immersed constantly in a confined yet unfamiliar, challenging and spontaneous environment. Participants are constantly tasked with on-board duties to ensure the safe operational of the yacht 24 hours a day as without their involvement it would not be possible to manifest the magical experience of the ultimate ownership they eventually achieve towards to end of a course.

Early 2015 has seen major course developments in running the first pilot programme of 12 days in length, tying cultural awareness and sailing together to produce important transference of leadership, delegation, time-management and organisational skills to adolescents in their final years of high school.

Our continued thanks go to ‘The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust’ for their continued support with our 18-day Second Chance Programmes.

Facilities


Jockey Club Ah Kung Wan Outward Bound Training Centre

Catalyst ProjectThe Lee Hysan Foundation ful ly funded 6 year

project with Caritas Yuen Long Chan Chun Ha

Secondary School and Holy Carpenter Secondary

School has been taking place on 8 day Outward

Bound leadership programmes.

Classic Achievers The 18 day ‘Classic Achievers’ courses for senior

school students has continued to grow, with five

groups being conducted in 2014. These courses are

for students in their final years of schooling who

are looking for further direction and leadership

development for their coming transitions into

adulthood. Candidates for these courses go through

an extensive application screening process including

gaining third party referrals and attending full

selection days. The Lee Hysan Foundation and the

Chan Tseng Hsi Foundation are funding one group

each to attend per annum.

OBHK Highlights for 2014Outward Bound International Programme ReviewIn January 2015 OBHK hosted the biennial OBI

Programme Review. This was the f irst time in

OBHK’s history that there were no recommendations

generated from the review and is a commendable

indication of the current high standards.

Programme Evaluation The Lee Hysan Foundation continued their support

for the second year of the Programme Evaluation

Project. This was an innovative two year pilot

scheme that evaluated the effectiveness of Outward

Bound programmes v ia pre and post course

evaluations. Data from the two year pilot has been

benchmarked by external educational consultants

to outdoor education industry standards. It shows

all courses are above industry standard levels in

outdoor education and longer courses generate

higher results. This work is now embedded in OBHK

courses.

The Outward Bound® International website is www.outward-bound.org which covers staff resources, news

and updates, as well as listing all OB centres and their locations and includes an electronic copy of the

Outward Bound® International Journal.

There are OB schools in 33 locations globally and all OB schools are members of Outward Bound®

International which is served by an Executive Director Mr. Iain Peter [email protected].

The Outward Bound® schools undergo programme reviews every 2 years which covers safety, governance,

operations, impact, and educational output.

OBI conducted a symposium in Germany and invited 2 senior staff members from each OB school together

with the executive director of each school to examine strengths and identify priorities in moving OB forward

globally.

Outward Bound® International


The Outward Bound® Trust has 47 valued members from whom the Executive Committee is elected.

Sir David Akers Jones is the Patron of The Outward Bound® Trust of Hong Kong Limited.

Executive Committee (2014)1. Roy Chung Chairman

2. David Kong Deputy Chairman

3. John Strickland President

4. Alan Morgan Treasurer (Horace Chau – Resigned in Aug 2014)

5. Robert Clark (Deacons) Legal Advisor

6. Christopher Pooley Safety Chairman

7. Richard Winter Fundraising Projects – Adventure Race event; Multi-Race event

8. Helmuth Hennig Fundraising Projects – Adventure Race event; Multi-Race event

9. Jon D’Almeida Secretary

10. Sarah Borwein Safety Committee

11. Teresa Ko Fundraising Projects – Pedal Power event

12. Sunny Chai Fundraising Projects – Corporate Challenge event

13. Peter Clarke Fundraising Projects - Adventure Race event

14. Howard Young General Member

15. Cowen Chiu General Member

The Outward Bound® Trust Hong Kong


David KongExco Member

Alan MorganTreasurer

Robert ClarkHon Legal Advisor

Cowen ChiuExco Member

Peter ClarkeExco Member

Richard WinterExco Member

Teresa KoExco Member

Sarah BorweinExco Member

Sunny ChaiExco Member

Helmuth HennigExco Member

Sunny ChaiCorporate Challenge

Chairman

Teresa KoPedal Power Chairwoman

Christopher PooleySafety Chairman

Chien LeeOB China Chairman

Richard WinterAdventure Race and Multi-Race Chairman

Jon D’AlmeidaHon Secretary

Christopher PooleyExco Member

Roy ChungChairman of Exco

Roy ChungChairman of Exco The Outward Bound® Trust of Hong Kong Limited

Jon D’AlmeidaExecutive Director

John StricklandPresident

Sir David Akers-JonesHon President

Howard YoungExco Member

The Outward Bound® Trust of Hong Kong Limited Chair of Sub-Committee

The Outward Bound® Trust of Hong Kong Limited

Executive Committee


CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET

As at 31st December 2014 2013

ASSETS Non-current assetsProperty, plant and equipment 5,289,683 5,684,719Held-to-maturity financial assets 7,937,429 11,044,647

13,227,112 16,729,366

Current assetsInventories 223,770 268,738Held-to-maturity financial assets 3,105,483 2,992,338Accounts and other receivables 3,926,128 3,823,986Cash and cash equivalents 18,904,340 16,840,138

26,159,721 23,925,200Total assets 39,386,833 40,654,566

FUNDS AND LIABILITIESGeneral and Specific Funds Fixed Assets Fund 5,289,683 5,684,719Building and Assets Acquisition Fund 3,801,759 3,877,751Bursary Fund 2,449,188 3,100,001Staff Development Fund 411,334 517,432Endowment Fund 11,978,890 11,978,843Gratuity Fund 821,609 577,227Staff Adventure Fund 245,940 214,340General Fund 584,256 732,546Exchange reserve 28,103 41,794

25,610,762 26,724,653

Designated Funds Lark Endowment Fund 1,353,259 1,353,109Simon Akers-Jones Memorial Bursary Fund 1,094,178 1,094,057Vitasoy Endowment Bursary Fund 300,055 300,022Bradbury Bursary Fund 1,785,184 1,983,666Chan Tseng Hsi Youth-at-risk Fund 3,095,815 3,273,059China Development Fund 674,174 674,174Second Chance Fund 306,183 234,394Performance Evaluation Project Fund 1,631 35,665Pedal Power Fund 1,120,888 833,945Lee Hysan Foundation Fund 377,400 298,100

10,108,767 10,080,191Total funds 35,719,529 36,804,844

Current liabilities

Other payables and accruals 940,852 754,708Deferred income 698,241 930,988School fees and government subvention received in advance 2,028,211 2,164,026

3,667,304 3,849,722

Total funds and liabilities 39,386,833 40,654,566

Finance & PerformanceTHE OUTWARD BOUND® TRUST OF HONG KONG LIMITED (All amounts in Hong Kong dollars unless otherwise stated)


CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

Year ended 31st December2014 2013

Operating income Course Tuition Fees 20,986,242 19,493,735Course Tuition Fees, subsidised by: Bursaries from Hong Kong Government 1,759,924 1,935,782Bursaries for the Second Chance 1,204,811 1,239,693Bursary Fund 1,204,147 1,321,975Bursaries from Hong Kong Listed Community 2,330,640 2,320,680Guest expedition income 49,242 -Profit from sale of stocks 39,332 55,918Miscellaneous 49,952 52,647

27,624,290 26,420,430

Operating expenditureStaff costs, marketing and other expenditure (28,738,243) (27,504,831)Depreciation (2,164,263) (4,513,629)

(30,902,506) (32,018,460) Net operating deficit (3,278,216) (5,598,030)

Income from other activities Fund raising activities, net 2,138,498 2,210,891Donations and contributions received 749,237 2,643,453Interest income 281,384 352,327

3,169,119 5,206,671

Deficit before income tax (109,097) (391,359)

Income tax expense - -

Deficit for the year (109,097) (391,359)

Other comprehensive income for the year Item that may be reclassified to the consolidated statement of comprehensive income Cumulative exchange differences

(13,691)

(13,734)

Total comprehensive loss for the year (122,788) (405,093)

COURSE FEE INCOME: TYPE

PUBLIC COURSES HK$ %4 Kidz Courses 582,900 2.12%Courses for Continuing Education Fund 241,500 0.88%Leadership Courses 470,340 1.71%Teens Foundation Courses 928,200 3.38%Youth Foundation Courses 516,110 1.88%Youth Sea Courses 653,195 2.38%

3,392,245 12.35%

CONTRACT COURSESCourses for the government, corporations & schoolsCorporate: 6,048,052 22.00%Education: 15,161,470 55.16%

COMMUNITY COURSESCourses for the disabled, youth-at-risk & ex-drug addicts 2,883,996 10.50%

27,485,763 100%

COURSE FEE INCOME

Year 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Total 21.2M 21.1M 23.1M 24.6M 22.6M 23.5M 25.1M 25.0M 23.7M 22.0M 25.1M 26.3M 27.5M

Annual Report 2014

Acknowledgements

The Outward Bound® Trust of Hong

Kong L imited wishes to pay specia l

tribute to many individuals, corporations,

depar tments and organ izat ions for

their longstanding support rendered to

Outward Bound® Hong Kong in ways of

expertise, recourses, time and services.

For a full list, please visit our website at

www.outwardbound.org.hk

Outward Bound® Hong Kong

Address: Tai Mong Tsai, Sai Kung, Hong Kong

Tel: 852 2792 4333 Fax: 852 2792 9877

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.outwardbound.org.hk

Donation & Support

A s a r e g i s t e r e d c h a r i t y, O u t w a r d

Bound® Hong Kong depends heavily on

contributions to maintain high-quality

prog ram mes and prov ide f i nanc ia l

assistance to deserving applicants. Your

suppor t in donat ions, sponsorsh ip,

voluntary service and direct participation

in your fundraising activities can make a

difference to someone’s future and help

community development.

I f you are interested in helping the

development of the disadvantaged groups,

please contact the Fundraising Office.

Tel: 852 2554 6067, 2554 6080

Fax: 852 2554 6033

Email: [email protected]

[email protected]

Website:www.outwardbound.org.hk/cc

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